Awarded contract

SPS-02246 Vulnerability Assessment Tool

Details

Buyer: Scottish Prison Service
Supplier(s): Sapphire Technologies Limited
Value: £23,109.34
Topic: Software package and information systems
Published: 4 February 2025
Source: uk:public_contracts_scotland

Tender description

The SPS requires relevant tools to provide its IT department with visibility of vulnerabilities which may exist on the corporate systems. The Goods shall allow the SPS to do this in a safe and automated way. The principal objective of this Contract is to mitigate against known threats and vulnerabilities and to provide a tool set that allows nominated SPS Representatives to prioritise actions for all vulnerabilities and to monitor and manage this for compliance with Cyber Essentials Plus certification. Lot 1: The SPS has commenced this procurement process in good faith and with the intention of awarding a contract. Following publication of the Contract Notice, an Invitation to Tender (ITT) including the Single Procurement Document (SPD) will be published by SPS and will be made available to bidders. Tender responses will then be evaluated by the SPS in accordance with the ITT.

Timeline

Completed: Award date16 January 2025
Completed: Award published4 February 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Scottish Prison Service is a non-departmental public body running Scotland's prisons, with its own dedicated procurement team. Tenders are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national tender portal for public bodies in Scotland. Estates and technical services work runs through dedicated framework agreements for construction projects. An SPS Contracts Committee also oversees its largest supplier contracts using balanced scorecards. A five-year procurement strategy aligns with the Public Procurement Strategy for Scotland. SPS scored an advanced rating in a national procurement review. Prisoner escort and court custody services are commissioned as separate justice partner contracts.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of Scottish Prison Service's contract awards have been in construction work, IT services and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

48000000 · Software package and information systems

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@scottish-prison-service.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@scottish-prison-service.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@scottish-prison-service.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@scottish-prison-service.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@scottish-prison-service.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@scottish-prison-service.gov